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Topps Chewing Gum (Scottish) The main Topps page for English football cards is here. This page covers the Scottish sets produced by Topps. Topps were carrying on the tradition set by A&BC Chewing Gum of producing different card sets for the English and Scottish markets. They started small, with a collection of only 88 cards in 1975, though they eventually settled on a set size of 132 cards. They stopped producing Scottish cards in 1980. |
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| 1975/76 | ||
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(Blue backs). An interesting first set from Topps, quite small at
only 88 cards, and with a strange mix of teams (17 of the 18 teams from
the 1974/75 Scottish Premier League, missing Airdrie) and players from
teams (9 players from Clyde, but
only 4 from Celtic). The cards are grey in colour, rather than white, which
leads to these sometimes being called 'blue/grey backs'. Number in set: 88 Galleries: Aberdeen (5), Arbroath (4), Ayr United (6), Celtic (4), Clyde (9), Dumbarton (2), Dundee (5) Galleries: Dundee United (7), Dunfermline Athletic (4), Hearts (7), Hibernian (7), Kilmarnock (4), Morton (5) Galleries: Motherwell (4), Partick Thistle (6), Rangers (6), St. Johnstone and Checklist (3) Checklists: Set checklist, Team checklist Notes: The images in this gallery have been kindly supplied by Tony's Football Cards website. |
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| 1976/77 | ||
| Footballers
(Red backs). A larger set than
1975/76, increasing from 88 to 132, though the number of teams decreases
from 17 to 12. The team included are now the 10 teams from the Scottish
Premier League from 1975/76 plus the two teams promoted from the First
Division - Partick and Kilmarnock. Number in set: 132 Galleries: Aberdeen (15), Ayr United (11), Celtic (15), Dundee (13), Dundee United (14) Galleries: Hearts (13), Hibernian (11), Kilmarnock (5), Motherwell (14), Partick Thistle (6) Galleries: Rangers (13), St. Johnstone (1), Checklists (1) Checklists: Set checklist, Team checklist |
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| 1977/78 | ||
| Footballers
(Yellow backs). Topps stuck to the
132 card set, but got a bit lazy by including a number of Shoot Scottish
All Stars. The number of teams is strange, thirteen, being the 10 teams
in the Premier Division in 1976/77, plus promoted St. Mirren and
Clydebank, plus third placed Dundee. Number in set: 132 Galleries: Aberdeen (13) Ayr United (5), Celtic (13), Clydebank (7), Dundee (3), Dundee United (13), Hearts (11), Hibernian (11), Kilmarnock (3) Galleries: Motherwell (8), Partick Thistle (9), Rangers (12), St. Mirren (7), Shoot Scottish All Stars and Checklist (17) Checklists: Set checklist, Team checklist |
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| 1978/79 | ||
| Footballers
(Green backs). Relegated clubs Ayr
United and Clydebank feature reduced numbers, promoted Hearts managed
two players while fellow promotees Morton managed none. Dundee, again
failing to achieve promotion, continued to feature as the only club not
in or on their way into the top flight. Number in set: 132 Checklists: Set checklist, Team checklist Galleries: Aberdeen (12), Ayr United (3), Celtic (10), Clydebank (7), Dundee (4), Dundee United (13), Hearts (2), Hibernian (14) Galleries: Motherwell (11), Partick Thistle (13), Rangers (13), St. Mirren (12), Scottish All Stars (17), Checklists (1) |
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| 1979/80 | ||
| Footballers
(Red backs). Number in set: 132 Checklists: Set checklist, Team checklist |
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